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  The REX That Was a review of the most recent confusion

  

  Cultures, which I'm teaching this fall. Later this afternoon, I'll be meeting ... Council: REX (Residence Exploration) is a fun time filled with tons of ... live, REX is a great opportunity to find out about the different parts of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 6, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  #funhogging the best thing I did over IAP. also: INFINITE ICE CLIMBING GIF

  

  funhogging: to take more than one's fair share of fun When I was a ... of a Patagonia catalog.  Certainly I loved hiking, and spent a lot of ... silent sports. None requires a motor; none delivers the cheers of a crowd

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Global Poverty: ‘This Is Our Crisis’ People lead busy lives, and fighting poverty is hardly an extracurricular activity to which most…

  

  can’t help but wonder if she’s gotten a hold of one of ... opportunities. He began his amazing journey in 1974, loaning $27 to a group of 42 ... ’t help but think that that enthusiasm would evaporate shortly

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  , a significant number come from parents whose children are years away ... , I responded to one such inquiry with the following: While there are a ... to read this blog entry that I wrote a number of years ago sharing some

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  England to New Zealand and many places in between. We can't wait to welcome ... by a shared standard of rigorous academics, high character, and a ... arts to make the world a better place. We deferred 6,210 applicants

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2017
• Blog / Community Projects

  Jalapeño Bacon Mac and Cheese for the Homeless starting a campaign larger than myself

  

  If you read my last post, I've had a pretty hard October. However ... many other people were willing to do the same. About a month ago, while ... homeless people in Boston this Thanksgiving. We partnered with a homeless

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 10, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember, Remember, the 17th of December… things that happened

  

  numbers and MIT selects "prime" candidates - is that a reason for the date ... perhaps it is an appeal to something which happened on a historically significant December 17th. I am going to continue to keep our reasons a deep

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exploring the newest innovations in dessert technology A trip filled with enough desserts to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth!

  

  decided to find out, while celebrating a 21st birthday. We had three stops ... July and boy, what a great concept. We had two chocolate fudge cupcakes ... mechanical engineering required for such a restaurant. They had this really

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Final in Boston An MIT- and Boston-centric look at the Italian victory.

  

  was huge here in Boston, home to a large Italian-American population ... . Despite the American reputation of not being a soccer-friendly country ... have to look forward to is a down market. According to this article, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Home Warning: Graphics Intensive.

  

  couple of days, and it's time to take a break. As you wrap up your ... taking the time to enjoy your last semester in high school. I don't know ... a pile of transcript/recommendation request forms to the Counseling

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Month of Novembeard a cultural exchange

  

  to share a bit of my own culture with you. It is, in fact, my home ... a cosmopolitan, sophisticated friend of the world, I welcome their naive, childlike interest; as a High Priest of the Temple Of The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  [by Susan Shepherd '11] It is probably a well-worn maxim that writers write. That is, there are many people who are interested in writing. A lot ... and intricacies of a satisfying plot. Unfortunately, not all of these

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  do that! The interview isn't anything like a test. But each EC can be ... interviewers remain helpful). A description of the current interview process is posted here.  For me, Educational Counselors or ECs are a special group of

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Bryan Nance Name: Bryan Nance; Job title: Director of Minority Recruitment; Hometown: Queens, NY

  

  to know that you can't afford a College/University: First you apply ... Corridor actually ends... in a parking lot Favorite thing about Boston: Bostonians only have a 25 Letter alphabet. No one knows what happened to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On the DUSP Course 11: Urban Studies and Planning

  

  Course 11 is a small major with a lot of breadth. It is cross ... urban planning and design." For the still-curious, scroll on. These are a ... would be missing out on the big picture of the city or town as a whole

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  World Suicide Prevention Day Write love on your arms to show support

  

  MIT is a really stressful place.  Class just started less than one week ago, and I already have four problem sets due and a quiz this week.  Still, I love it here.  This weekend, I played with cats, took a trip to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Someone saved my life tonight Survived my squalor, like a butterfly.

  

  live in squalor." My heart beat a little bit faster as everyone else ... Squalor was, and why it was so funny. Zach gladly obliged and showed me a website which not only devised a method of quantifying squalor, but strove

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Independent Studies the making of a (very) short film

  

  finish -- concepts we didn't understand a few weeks prior began making more ... shopped around for a few different course 6 classes in the first week of the ... here. So we decided to create Independent Studies (which was a whole

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 18, 2020
• Blog / CPW

  Backstage at the CPW Closing Show “Other duties as assigned”

  

  Logarhythms captivated us with an ambitious a cappella setlist: Don’t Lose Sight ... ! Of course, it wouldn’t be a CPW Closing Show without inviting the ... “Other duties as assigned” is a concept well-known to admissions

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 19, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fifteen Minutes to Clear My Head on my morning walk from Boston to MIT

  

  take a picture. I had just taken a snapshot of something I see every ... pictures of them to show everyone. For those of you that don't know, MIT is ... is the Harvard Bridge. Many MIT students live in Boston, whether in a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 3, 2014